While in Granada, I am studying Spanish at Esquela DeLengua for two weeks. Estoy estudiando en Esquela DeLengua por dos semanas.

The first week had 7 students and teacher Jaime, and we learned and practiced Future Simple v. Future Proximo.¹ We enjoyed reading each other’s (future) fortunes in Spanish, teaching each other how (in the future) to make our favorite recipe. We learned about two distinct Spainard perspectives: whether or not to use onions in the classic Spanish tortilla.

Week two in class with 6 students began today, Dec. 4, with teacher, Maria, along with a new set of challenges, like when to use por vs. para, en vs. a, and verbs ser vs. estar. A pictionary game helped us understand nuanced uses of ser vs. estar.

We are taking advantage of activities the school offers each afternoon or evening: for example tapas night, a guided tour of The Royal Chapel of Granada, and a walking tour of the Albayzin.

[¹For example, Future Proximo is a high probability of something happening, for example “voy a estudiar Espanol a Granada” (I am going to….) or “Manana, viajo a Granada.” Meanwhile, Future Simple is having an intention to do something, for example “Este domingo desayuna chocolate con churros” (Tomorrow I might have chocolate with churros for breakfast). Then there are regular and irregular verb conjugations, along with the inevitable exceptions to the rules.]